थैंक्यू जानकारी देने के लिए और यूनिक आईडी डिसेबिलिटी कार्ड की वेबसाइट बता दीजिए धन्यवाद
On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, 4:08 pm bhawani shankar verma, <bsvermad...@gmail.com> wrote: > this disability card is wastage of time and money. only dist. medical board > certificate should suffice. I am having medical board certificate of > permanent disability and my disability card expires on march 2020. I don't > know who gave this foolish idea to government. it is my opinion that excess > activism make things more complicated for us. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kanchan Pamnani > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2019 3:48 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning > the disabled. > Subject: [AI] disability card > > Wait for govt disabilitycard proving endless for lakhs - Times of India > > Jul 1, 2019, 05.57 AM IST Printed from The Unique Disability Identity Cards > (UDID) for persons with disabilities, announced in 2015, are proving to be > a long wait often stretching for years for hundreds of applicants. Against > over 61 lakh applications, only about 19 lakh cards have been generated > according to the UDID website. With the Rights of Persons with Disabilities > Act 2016 expanding the types of disabilities from 7 to 21, state UDID > departments are struggling with the logistics of identifying and > quantifying disabilities for issuance of the cards. According to the 2011 > census, which happened before the expansion in the definition of > disability, there were 2.7 crore disabled. Even without the new law, > organisations of the disabled had argued that there was gross > undercounting. With the new definition, the number could be higher. Though > announced in 2015, the UDID scheme was launched in phases and finally > covered all states just last year. At the current rate of expansion, it > could take more than a decade for all persons with disabilities to get the > UDID, pointed out disability activists while the government claimed that > once the infrastructure was put in place it could be achieved in a few > years. “The pace of the UDID project depends on the interest and drive of > the states. The central government only develops software, trains officials > in using the software and provides financial assistance. In many states, > the health department is not cooperating saying that they are already > overloaded with work. The software will help reduce their workload. MP, > Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Telangana, UP and Gujarat are > doing very well,” said KVS Rao, Director in the Department of the > Empowerment of Persons With Disability under the social justice and > empowerment ministry. Currently, whether for UPSC selection or for > students seeking admission in medical colleges, the UDID is not being > considered. “What is the use of having a so-called universal ID when we are > being forced to undergo a medical assessment again?” asked an MBBS > aspirant. Rao pointed out that UDID only gave the percentage and type of > disability and certified the eligibility of a person for benefits meant for > disabled persons. “Each job has different functional requirements. Hence, > even with a UDID, a person has to undergo functional assessment to be > certified as being competent for a particular job,” he added. “With only a > few designated assessment centres across the country, mostly government > hospitals which are overburdened, applicants have to wait long hours to get > assessed for the UDID. Why can’t things be more streamlined?” asked Dr > Satendra Singh, a disability rights activist who still has not received his > UDID card two years after applying. The idea of a UDID card that replaces > all other documents disabled persons have to carry has been welcomed by the > disabled but getting the certificates revalidated or undergoing disability > assessment, only to have to wait for years for the card has disappointed > many. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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